Chapter 2 Review Questions

  1. What is intrapersonal communication and how does it differ from other forms of communication?
  2. How does dyadic communication differ from other forms of communication?
  3. How is the situational approach different from the developmental approach?
  4. What three levels of information do the authors discuss?
  5. What is small-group communication and how does it differ from other forms of communication?
  6. What is organizational communication and how does it differ from other forms of communication?
  7. What is face-to-face public communication and how does it differ from other forms of communication?
  8. What is mediated public (or mass) communication and how does it differ from other forms of communication?
  9. What six things change as we move from intrapersonal to mass communication?
  10. How does human contact regulate our psychological and physical health?
  11. What is limbic regulation?
  12. What is “the constellations of behaviors” definition of relationship?
  13. What is the cognitive constructs definition of relationship?
  14. What is a relational prototype?
  15. What is the mini-cultures definition of relationships?
  16. What is the “collections of contradictory forces” definition of relationships?
  17. What are the key characteristics Trenholm and Jensen identify as marking most relationships?
  18. What are MOPs and how do they influence relationships?
  19. According to Wilmot and Baxter, what are the three things that make up relational prototypes?
  20. What kinds of relationships fall at the private end of the interpersonal continuum? What kinds of relationships are more public?
  21. What six characteristics mark private relationships? Public relationships?
  22. Do relational profiles remain the same over time? Must every relationship fit one extreme or another? Do all relationships call for the same skills and sensitivities? How are relational profiles or trajectories defined?
  23. Does our culture value public or private relationships?
  24. Is there anything good that can be said for public relationships?
  25. What is Judith Martin's view of the way we interact today?
  26. What is the difference between minimal, satisfactory, and optimal competence?
  27. What about relationships is illustrated by the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind?
  28. What did Luecken et al. learn from their study?
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